The Russellville Democrat., 1887-06-01
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Station agent Mcdonald received letter last week from Mir. Gould stat ing that since the consolidation of the Valley Route with the Missouri Pacific system two stations by the name of Russellville appeared on the line and to avoid confusion in the sale of tickets and forwarding of freight 1t was neces- sary that the name of one of the places be changed, and recommended that this be the place. The other Russellville is little town in Missouri on branch of the Iron Mountain road and at best is much smaller place and uf less im- portance than our place. The propo- sition, so far as it relates to the chang ing of the name of our town is concern ed, meets with no favor, rather it Is strongly opposed, and Capt. Mcdonald will so inform Mir. Gould.
 Ut is very rare that the Dardanelle Post reporter gets left on an important item of news, but hen he does lie s'ac- knowledges the corn' and comes up smiling. as witness the following from the Posts last weeks issue: "We can hardly tell when our matrimonial re- porter was more surprised than when he learned few days ago of the mar riage of Mir. c. K. Howell of Russell vile. And the surprise was still great CT when he learned that said marriage had occurred many months ago. The couple consisted of Mir. c. K. Howell and Mrs. Claiborne Howell, daughter of Hon. J. R. il. Scott. We could not resist the temptation to congratulate this couple had we not heard of the marriage till the groom had grown gray. May their lines fall in easy places"
 -J. H. Bledsoe, city marshal of Mall den, and H. A. Gardner, deputy-sheriff of Dunklin county, Mo-, were here Friday with two prisoners-Wm. and Edw. Kelly, whom they had arrested near Laurel. this county, on charge of train wrecking. The offense was committed Tn Missouri, in July, 1886. They escaped from jail April 1st, 1887, and were located by the officers at Lau- rel, where they were arrested, by inter cepting letters writteh by one of the fugitives to his wife. Their apprehen- sion and arrest was splendid piece of detective work. They had adopted the name of Smith and were engaged Tn farming. Arriving at Dover the Mis- souri officers secured the services of Sheriff Young by whom the arrest was made. The boys were completely sur prised and offered no resistance. In company with the officers they left Friday afternoon for the scene of their crime, and they will hardly escape again.
 At regular meeting of the school board held last Saturday afternoon all the unfinished business before the old board was disposed of, and the organiz- ation of the new board effected by the election of MT. J. l.. Shinn. president, and the reelection of Capt. w. M Peeler, secretary. Messrs. l.. NJ. Smith and w. M. Oates, directors-elecL, were present, qualified and entered upon their duties. The election for princi- pal and first assistant came up and re- suited in the election of Prof. F. Knowl- ton, of Conway, and Prof. NJ. H. Baird. The election of the rest of the teachers was postponed until the next meeting, June 18th. Public school will begin about the second week in September and will continue for six months, the financial condition of the district not justifying longer term this year. A full statement of the financial condi- tion of the district will be furnished us for publication after the July appor- tIonment.
 The selection of Prof. F. Knowlton, of Conway, as principal, and Prof. NJ. II. Baird as first assistant, of our pub lie school, by the school board last Saturday, will, we believe, meet with the appreciation of this community and give satisfaction 10 the patrons of the school. Prof. Knowlton has been teacher in the public schools of Con- way for number of years and so far as we know has given entire satisfac- ton to pupils, patrons and directors, and he comes to us highly endorsed by some of the leading educators of the state. He will doubtless make very acceptable and capable superintendent. Of Prof. Baird it is needless for us to speak. He is too well known to need introduction at our hands. He is a part and parcel of the public school system of the county, having grown up with it and devoted several of the best years of his life in it's service. His schools have always been successful and satisfactory, and we predict that he will meet fully the expectations of the patrons of the school.
 Married.